Selling software is a very interesting process. It so happens that its really not just about telling interested parties about all of the features that you have and how using the software can make life so great. Yes, this is part of the process too. But, the reality is that all this will do is [...]

I have a lot of meetings in Coffee Shops. Yesterday, as I was chatting away at a meeting, I noticed a really fancy phone in the hands of a guy who seemed to be intensely coding away. He was a RIM developer. Of course, I had to ask him to let me play with the [...]

Everyone knows that in a startup there are no excuses to be made. When something needs to be done, someone needs to do it, and it needs to be done ASAP. Saying things like, “I’ve never done it before.” and “can I work on something else?” don’t cut it. Inevitably, you’ll be faced with a [...]

Today is an interesting day. We’ve announced on the bOK corporate blog that we are shutting down the service effective October 31st, 2008. First and foremost, thank you to all customers and supporters of the system. If you were a customer and you still had money on your account, please do email info@bOKnow.com in order [...]

[updated: Oct 7, 2008]
The following is a great post from fellow entrepreneur, Harley Finkelstein, on being an entrepreneur while in school. Harley makes a number of great points and shares his lessons with us below:

“Textbook to Checkbook”
In 2001 I moved from Boca Raton, Florida, to Montreal to study business at McGill University. Within a [...]